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worsley

/ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
wors-ley
IPA
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A town in the Shire of Collie, Western Australia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A short river in Western Australia, after which the town is named.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A hamlet in Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From either Old English personal name *Weorc, in the genitive case *Weorces + Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“a wood”) + lēah (“wood clearing, glade”), or else from the feminine personal name *Worcgȳth, genitive singular *Weorcgȳthe + lēah. Also suggested is derivation from Proto-Brythonic *gwor- (“over-, above”) + celli (“grove”), with late Cumbric devoicing being evident in early forms.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, *koɨd, *gwor-

Usage

Inflected Forms

Worsleys (plural)

Rhymes With

adversely inversely perversely tersely yearsley pursley kearsley

Questions

How do you pronounce worsley?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɜː(ɹ)zli/.
What does worsley mean?
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9400).
Where does worsley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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